This document discusses cultivating a growth mindset. It begins with an exercise asking the reader to identify things they are good at, not good at, and wish they were good at. It then discusses Carol Dweck's research on fixed and growth mindsets. Those with a fixed mindset believe their abilities are innate while those with a growth mindset see abilities as developable through effort. The document advocates adopting a growth mindset and provides examples of successful people who demonstrated grit and persevered through failures. It encourages setting goals, trying, failing, and learning to improve. Ultimately, no one can predict success and it often involves many attempts before achieving it.

1. Maximize Personal
Growth: Cultivating
a Growth Mentality
Jane Lee
Founder, Uplifter Labs
www.uplifter.io

2. Introduction
Founder of the Positive
Psychology and Resilience
meetup
Founder of Uplifter Labs:
an app training positivity and
personal growth through daily
exercises and self-awareness

3. Exercise
For each, write 2 things
1.You are good at
2.You aren’t good at
3.You aren’t good at, but wished
you were

4. Exercise
1. I’m good at talking to people
and standing up for the underdog
2. I’m not good at sports or
programming
3. I’m not good at art &
relationships

5. - Borne out of an
aversion to failure
- Keeps us from
exploring a beautiful part
of ourselves

6. Fixed Mindset (Dweck)
Believe their basic qualities like
intelligence or talent are fixed traits
Talent alone, not effort, creates
success
Encouraged by praise like “You did so
well, you are so intelligent”

7. Fixed Mindset (Jane)
You = Gollum
Identity Praise = The Ring
“My precious”
Trait becomes part of your identity –
you will do everything to defend it.
Including lie, cheat, and avoid learning
circumstances.

8. Growth Mindset (Dweck)
Basic abilities developed through
dedication and hard work
Brains and talents come in many
shapes and sizes, but excellence is
made
Encouraged by comments like “you did
so well, you worked so hard!”

9. Growth Mindset (Jane)
You = Gandalf
Identity Praise = Ring
Don’t want it. Instead, you are seeking
out wisdom & learning experiences
that will provide challenges and
just being an awesome wizard.

10. Study (Dweck)
Students were given a hard test
Most students got it wrong

11. Differences upon
debriefing
Fixed
-did not listen to information that
could help them
-Ignored information that could help
them
Growth
-Attentive to information that could
help them expand knowledge
whether right or wrong!

12. Students
Fixed
-did not listen to information that
could help them
-Ignored information that could help
them
Growth
-Attentive to information that could
help them expand knowledge
whether right or wrong!

14. Exercise
For each item, explain why you are
good at it
Take 2 items from not good list
- How can you make them better?

15. What sets successful
people apart?
Grit:
The passion and persistence to commit
to long-term goals through effort.
Angela Duckworth studied people in
the army, spelling bee contestants, and
teachers
most successful had higher levels of
grit

16. Steps to becoming
successful
1. Trust Yourself
- Know your passion, don’t pay
attention to the haters
1. Dare yourself to have a goal
2. Try, Fail, and Learn. Repeat.

17. No one can predict
success
Charles Darwin was an average
student
Beatles played in small clubs for 3
years
AirBnB was rejected by all VCs
they approached
Pandora got rejected by 300 VCs

18. No one can predict
success
I’ve missed more than 9000 shots
in my career. I’ve lost almost 300
games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted
to take the winning shot in the
game and missed. I’ve failed over
and over again in my life. And that
is why I succeed.
- Michael Jordan

19. No one can predict
success
I’ve not failed. I’ve only found
10,000 ways that will not work.
-Thomas Edison
(found 2998 ways that didn’t work
– 2 did)

20. Exercise
Growth mind-set talk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJKIgtCpwvg